Contributions from S.L. Page | Little White Lies

Contributor S.L. Page

Stern-looking man in chef's coat presiding over diners at a table.

Are audience appetites for social satire being satisfied?

by S.L. Page

A spate of recent films use food and fine din­ing to explore themes of injus­tice and per­for­mance – but do they have any­thing nov­el to say?
Darkened room, figure in bed under patterned bedding.
In Praise Of

Gaslighting, coercion, and the mental health industry in Unsane

by S.L. Page

Steven Soder­bergh’s psy­cho­log­i­cal thriller illus­trates how vul­ner­a­ble women are rou­tine­ly treat­ed by health­care systems.
Two young people, a man and a woman, sitting closely together on a patterned sofa in a warm, cosy room.
Not Movies

What shows like Sex Education and Luther teach us about therapists

by S.L. Page

Gillian Ander­son and Hermione Nor­ris’ char­ac­ters fuel the myth that ther­a­py is some­thing to be feared.
Man with curly hair sitting at a desk, looking intently at a device in his hands.
Not Movies

Black Mirror: Bandersnatch is a brilliant, urgent comment on mental illness

by S.L. Page

The episode’s inter­ac­tive nature has the poten­tial to expand our under­stand­ing of psychosis.